How many underground cartoon characters have become household names? The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Mister Natural... and Zippy the Pinhead, read daily by millions in newspapers around the country. Bill Griffith is one of the founding members of the original underground (as well as the co-editor, with Art Spiegelman, of groundbreaking Raw precursor Arcade) and in this very lengthy interview, Griffith talks candidly to Gary Groth about the early days of the underground, the pitfalls of fame, the ever-delayed Zippy movie deal, and much more. Also: A peek into the sketchbooks of Kyle Baker, the very funny creator of Why I Hate Saturn, whose work has appeared in everything from DC's Shadow to Esquire.